Oil-burner.



T. M. MORRIS 6L R. N. LUETJE.

OIL BURNER.

APPLIATIONIILED JUNE, 1912.

Patented A pr. 8, 1913.

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T. M. MORRIS & R. N. LUETJE.

OIL BURNER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1912.

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UNITED STATESA PATENT orricn.

THOMAS M. MORRIS AND REIMER N. LUETJE, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

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spec'iaationyof Letters Patent.

Application led June 5, 1912. Serial No. 701,921.

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, THOMAS M. Moms and REIMER N. LUETJn, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond andState of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOil-Burners, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in oil burners andmore particularly to a burner for use in stoves, furnaces and variousother heaters wherein coal and wood are the customary fuel therefor, andthe primary object of the invention resides in providing a device whichgenerates a gas at the burner proper, thereby intensifying the heat.

A further object of the invention resides in providing means for causingthe burner proper to be heated previous to the ignition of the oilemitted therefrom and a still further obj ect resides in providing meanswhereby air may be supplied at the point of the burner.

Still another object of the invention resides in providing a devicewhich is extremely simple and durable in construction, inexpensive tomanufact-ure and one which will'be very efficient and useful inoperation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in.the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, AFigure1 is a side elevation partly in section showing our device applied touse. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of our improved device removed from thestove. Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionas seen on line 4 4, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of aslightly modified form of the invention.

In describing our invention, we shall refer to the drawings in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which- 1 indicates a stove or range of anydesired type, wherein wood and coal are the usual fuel therefor, andwithin the fire box of which is mounted a plate 2 formed of two flatportions, one at a higher elevation than the other, said vplate having aplurality of openings 2 therein which lead to t-he drip pans 3 securedto the under fac-e of said plate 2. The stove or range, therefore forms'a casing or the like for the plate 2 and mounted on the upper'face ofsaid plate surrounding the openings therein, are the framelike members 4which support the burners 5 and form air feeding means therefor. 'Theseburners which are each provided with outlet openings 6 are `formed fromthe continuation of curved pipes or conduits 7 said conduits 7 beingconnected to the vertical supporting pipes 8 which, in turn, lead to amain supply pipe 9. This main supply pipe 9 leads to Aa reservoir 10,which is disposed in a plane above the furnace and the branchconnections between said main pipe 9 and the pipes 8 are provided withmanually operated valves 11, whereby the supply of oil to said burnersmay be readily controlled.

Adjustably and removably carried on the arcuate pipes 7, immediatelyover the outlet openings 6 in the burners are the flame deiiectors 12,which ob-viously spread the flame and cause maximum amount of heat to beobtained.

In operation, the valves 11 are first opened to allow a certain amountof oil to drop from the burners into the drip pans 3, whereupon saidvalves are closed and the oil in said pans 3 ignited. The ignition ofthis oil in the drip pans, will cause the flame to be directed towardand around the burners 5, thereby heating the same to a considerableextent and after the same have been heated suficiently, the valves 11.are again opened and as the oil liows from the outlets in the burners,the same will be caused to form a gas, through the aid of the airsupplying means 4, and ignited. The formation of the oil into a gas atthis point, will obviously provide greater heat and as the flame isspread by means of the deflectors 12, a maximum amount of heat vill beobtained from a minimum amount of uel.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing, we have shown a slightly modified form of theinvention, wherein the intake pipe 8 which leads from any source ofsupply connects with a cylindrical receptacle or oil container 12.Leading from this container 12 is the co-nnection 7, the outer end ofwhich is bentdownwardly and inwardly so that the burner 5 which isformed at the free end thereof will be disposed below said container orreceptacle 12. From this construction it will be seen that the containeror receptacle l2 Will not alone form a deiector for the flame, but Willalso form a generator.

From the foregoing it will be seen that We have provided a simple,inexpensive and eiiicient means for carrying out the objects of theinvention and While We have particularly described the elements bestadapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that Variouschanges in form proportion and in the minor details of constructionmaybe resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the principles of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, What We claim is l a higherelevation than the other, said plate being provided With a plurality ofopenings Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve centseach, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents therein, drip pans secured to theunder face of said plate and surrounding said openings, supportingframes secured to the upper face of said plate surroundingsaid openings,conduit pipes extending vertically through the plate in said casing andhaving communication with a source of supply, burners mounted on saidsupporting frames over the openings in said plate and havingcommunication With said vertical pipes, deflectors supportediinmediately above said burners, and means to control the supply of fuelto said vertical pipes.

In testimony whereof We hereunto affix f our signatures in the presenceof two Witnesses.

THOMAS M. MORRIS. REIMER N. LUETJE.

/Vitnesses FRANK B. GARR, CON GALLAGI-IER.

Washington, D. C.

